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Sagas, Wild Stabs And The Birth Of The Bard

Tuesday, April 17

Listen for music from The J. Geils Band’s Live: Blow Your Face Out plus David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World.

Wednesday, April 18

Juliana Hatfield returns with a tribute to Olivia Newton-John, titled Julianna Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John. We’ll hear selections from this collection as well as Hatfield’s collaboration with former Replacements’ guitarist/vocalist Paul Westerberg, The I Don’t Cares and the album Wild Stab.

Thursday, April 19

Sagas is the latest release from Spirit of the Stairs. Listen for music from this recording as well as selections from Team Tremolo’s 2017 debut.

Friday, April 20

One Stop is the latest release from Kansas singer-songwriter Shane Marler. We’ll hear music from it as well as from Bob Marley and The Wailers’ Uprising.

Saturday, April 21

We celebrate the birthday of The Cure’s Robert Smith with selections from his work with that band plus Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Glove, Earl Slick and more. Plus: Music from Manic Street Preachers, Mogwai, Placebo, The Twilight Sad and David Bowie.

Monday, April 23

We celebrate the birthday of William Shakespeare with selections from Dire Straits, The Smiths and others. 

Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He has also served as an arts reporter, a producer of A Musical Life and a founding member of the KMUW Movie Club. As a music journalist, his work has appeared in Pop Matters, Vox, No Depression and Keyboard Magazine.